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INDEX 



Association (1866), 286; metrical 

 account of the meeting, 287 ; Sur- 

 vey rambles, 288, 289, 296, 300, 

 33> 304 ; description of Durham, 

 288 ; hears of prospective reorgan- 

 isation of the Survey, 290 ; becomes 

 Senior Director, 291 ; on rules and 

 regulations, 295 ; on Kendal and 

 the River Lune, 297 ; at the British 

 Association (1867), 297 ; attitude on 

 the lake question, 298 ; criticises 

 Lyell's Principles, 298 ; on English 

 antiquities, 301 ; story of a pagan 

 at the post-office, 301 ; on the Vale 

 of Dent, 302 ; on the Yorkshire 

 dales, 305 j is awarded the Wollas- 

 ton medal, 306 ; metrical account of 

 his paper on English river-systems, 

 306 ; on Cambrian and Lower 

 Silurian classification, 308 ; on 

 " green slates and porphyries," 308 ; 

 on the Council of the Geological 

 Society, 309 ; is appointed Director- 

 General of the Geological Survey,3i2 

 Chap. X. 1872-1882. Duties 

 as Director-General, 316 ; his promo- 

 tion comes too late, 317; is compelled 

 to continue to lecture, 318; tour in 

 Ireland, 318 ; article in Saturday 

 Review, 322 ; article on River Po, 

 323 ; discourses on " Old Conti- 

 nents," 323 ; begins the prepara- 

 tion of a new edition of the Memoir 

 on North Wales, 324; revises geology 

 of St. David's, 324 ; studies the 

 origin of the valley of the Rhine, 

 326 ; revisits Rhineland and Switzer- 

 land, 326 ; revision of the Geological 

 Survey map and Memoir of Wales, 

 328, 329, 332, 333, 336 5 discourse 

 at Royal Institution, 331 ; on history 

 of the River Dee, 333 ; on volcanic 

 rocks in Britain, 334 ; is relieved 

 from lecturing, 335; on Moel Tryfaen, 

 337 ; is commissioned to examine 

 and report on rock of Gibraltar, 337, 

 338 ; receives a presentation of 

 plate from his old students, 339 ; 

 on the Italian lakes, 341 ; inspection 

 tour in Ireland, 342 ; conference in 

 Scotland, 342 ; his growing weak- 

 ness, 342 ; discourses for the last 

 time to the Royal Institution, 344 ; 

 undergoes an operation for the re- 

 moval of the left eye, 345 ; is elected 

 into the Royal Academy of the 



Lincei, 345 ; examines the evidence 

 of the former great extension of the 

 Rhone glacier, 345 ; President of 

 British Association, 346 ; receives 

 one of the Royal medals of the Royal 

 Society, 347 ; is made LL.D. by 

 the University of Glasgow, 347 ; 

 president of Section C at the jubilee 

 meeting of British Association, 348 ; 

 resignation determined on, 348 ; is 

 knighted, 349 ; retires from the 

 Survey, 349 



Chap. XI. 1882-1891. Re- 

 tirement, 351 j St. Moritz, Como, 

 Venice, 352 ; Southern France, 

 353 ; removal to permanent resi- 

 dence at Beaumaris, 353 ; last years 

 of life, 353 ; his death, 354 



Summary of his scientific work, 

 355 ; his contributions to Structural 

 Geology, 355 ; work among older 

 Palaeozoic volcanic rocks, 356 ; 

 Stratigraphical work, 357 ; papers 

 on old continents, 358 ; Physio- 

 graphical work, 358 ; researches in 

 Denudation, 358 ; investigation of 

 river valleys, 359 ; studies in Glacia- 

 tion, 361 ; contributions to the 

 History of Geology, 363 ; literary 

 essays, etc., 363 ; general view of 

 his scientific influence and character, 



364 



Ramsay, Dean, 354 

 W. (father of A. C. Ramsay), 



i, 3 6 



W. (brother of A. C. R.), 



letters to, 9, 27, 155, 157, 329 



Professor W. (nephew of A. C. 



R.), 326 



Mrs. W. (E. Crombie), 



mother of A. C. Ramsay, marriage 

 of, 2 ; character of, 3 ; family life of, 

 4 ; letters to, 26, 74, 95 ; her dismay 

 at her son's appointment to the 

 Geological Survey, 32 ; at British 

 Association, 165 ; Ramsay's regard 

 for her, 167 ; death of, 256 ; char- 

 acter of, as drawn by Ramsay, 257 



Red deposits, Ramsay's views regard- 

 ing, 306, 308, 326, 335 



" Red Lions," notice of, 62 ; London 

 company of, founded, 58 ; dinners 

 of, 104, 145, 179 



Reeks, Trenham, 64, 124, 129, 137, 

 144, 145, 1 60, 175. 307 



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